The Time of the Sign

A sociologist-anthropologist and a literary critic bring their complementary perspectives to bear on a critique of modern culture. They point to the academy's domination by a rationalist, liberal tradition as the locus of its decline in the post-modern era. A holistic, semiotic approach is offered a...

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Những tác giả chính: MacCannell, Juliet Flower, MacCannell, Dean
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